Bottle-feeding device.



DAWSON.

Patented July 18 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

' BOTTLE FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1915.

.fizveivifl' J.W.' Dawson i l1 3 by J. W. DAWSON.

BOTTLE FEEDING DEVICE APPLICATION FILED MAY24.19I5- 1 Patented July 18, 1916.

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JOSEPH W. DAWSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OR TO BARRY-WEI-IMILLER MACHINERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

BOTTLE-FEEDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24; 1915. Serial No. 30,009.

ful Improvements in Bottle-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

My invention relates to a bottle feeding device adapted to transfer bottles from one machine to another, or from one machine to the operator of another machine.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide-an efficient transferring device prov1ded with means for moving bottles from an inclined position to an upright position.

Another object is to produce a simple means for transferring bottles from a runway to a bottle support and thereafter pushing the bottles along said bottle support.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be under-- stood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

The preferred form of my invention com prises a runway, a table, and a transferring device adapted to shift bottles from said runway to said table. The transferring device 1s preferably so constructed that it deposits each bottle on the table in an upright position. 5 An apparatus of this kind is particularly adapted for use in connection with a bottle washing machine and a bottle filling machine, the transferring device being adapted to transfer the washed bottles "from the washing machine to the table from which they are removed by the operator of the bottle filling machine, and since each bottle is placed on the table in an upright position, it will be apparent that the bottles may be easily and quickly taken from the table and placed in the bottle filling machine.

Figure I is a side elevation illustrating my transferring device applied to a bottle washing machine. Fig. II is a fragmentary view, partly in section. III is a side elevatlon, partly in section, of the parts shown in Flg. II. Fig. IV is a horizontal Patented July 18, 1916.

section taken approximately on line IVIV,

Fig. II. Fi V is a horizontal section taken on line V Fig. III.

The bottle washing machine I have shown comprises a housing 1, and a bottle carrier consisting of sprocket chains 2 and bottle holders 3 carried by said sprocket chains. The bottle carrier is operated intermittently to convey the bottles from the bottle washvided with a crank arm 11 having a crank pin 12 adapted to enter the slots 13 in the slotted wheel 8. The crank-pin 12 travels in a circular path about the axis of the power shaft 10 so as to move the slotted wheel 8 intermittently. When the crank pin 12 enters one of the slots 13 movement is transmitted from the power shaft to the tinued until the crank pin 12 passes from the slot. Obviously the slotted wheel moves one step during each revolution of the power shaft 10, and a corresponding movement is transmitted toshaft 9, pinion 7, gear wheel 5, sprocket wheel 4, and sprocket chain 2 which carries the bottle holders 3. .The bottle carrier advances one step during each revolution of the power shaft 10, and the length of this step is equal to the distance from the center of one bottle holder 3 to the center of the next adjacent bottle holder 3.

The bottle holders travel in the direction indicated by arrows in Figs. I and III. 15 designates a retaining plate for holdlng the bottles X in the bottle holders 3 until the latter reach a point opposite the runway A.

This retainingplate 15 is secured to a sleeve 16 mounted on a rod 17 which is secured to the stationary part of the bottle washing machine.

The runway A com-prlses a series of guide 85 slotted wheel, and this movement is con- 7 'tal lower arm 19.

rest upon a channel bar 20 and they are firmly secured by means of a clamp bar 21 and bolts 22 connecting said clamp'bar to the channel bar. The clamp bar 21 is preferably slotted to receive the upper edges of the arms 19, as shown most clearly in Figs. H1 and V. The ends of channel bar are secured to side plates 23, the latter being pivotally connected at 24 to supporting plates 25. 26 designates clamping bolts passing through the side plates '23 and through slots 27 formed in the supporting plates 25. Each clamping bolt 26 is provided with a nut 26 which may be tightened to firmly secure the side plates 23 to the supporting plates 25. The supporting plates are secured to a stationary part of the bottle washing machine by means of bolts 29.

The means for supporting the table B comprises a pair of arms 30 fitted to trunnions 31 which extend from the ends of said table. The outer end of each arm 30 is slotted to provide a pair of yielding jaws 32 which embrace a trunnion 31. 33 designates clamping screws for forcing the jaws 32 into engagement with the trunnions 31.

. Each arm. 30 is clamped onto a sleeve 35 a side of the bottle. I bers serve as stops for limiting the move- Which extends from a side plate '23 (Fig. IV) said arm 30 being slit at this point as shown by dotted lines in Fig. III. 36 designates clamping bolts for securing the arms 30 to the sleeves 35. The tableB may be adjusted by loosening the clamping screws 36, and then moving the arms 30 aboutthe axis of sleet e 35. The table may also be adjusted by loosening the clamping screws 33 and then turning the table about the axis of its trunnions 31. The side plates 23 which support the runway as well as the table B may be adjusted by loosening the clamping nuts 26' and then swinging the plates 23 about the axis of the pivot bolts 24. The means for transferring bottles from the runway A to the table B preferably comprises a rock shaft 40 passing through the side plates 23 and provided with a pinion 41 at one of its ends. E designates pairs of angular fingers adapted to lie between the guide bars 19, as shown in Figs. H and 1H.

Each pair of fingers E is secured to a short sleeve 43, the latter being secured to the rock shaft.40 by a set screw 44. Each of these fingers comprises an abutment member 45 adapted to engage the bottom of a bottle, and a push member 46 adapted to engage The abutment memment of the bottles, and they also serve as 'A connecting rod 49, secured to the housing 71, is slidably fitted to a swivel 72, the latter being pivoted to an arm 50. The connecting rod 49 is provided with set collars 73 and 74, and a spring 75 which lies between the swivel 72 and set collar 73. The arm 50, Fig. I, is rocked by mechanism, which will be presently described, to reciprocate the connecting rod 49, pinion housing 71, and rack bar 70 carried by said pinion housing. When the bottle transferring device occupies the position shown in Fig. I, the arm 50 is moving in the direction indicated by arrows, and the angular fingers E remain at rest until the swivel 72 strikes the set collar 74, the object being to retain the fingers in the position shown in Fig. I until the bottles reach the lower end of the runway. When the swivel 72 strikes set collar 74, the connecting rod 49, pinion housing 71 and rack bar 70 moves rearwardly, thereby turning the pinion 41 and angularfingers E to transfer the bottles from the runway to the table B. The arm 50 is fixed to the rock shaft 51 provided with an arm 52 which is rocked during each revolution of the power shaft. 53 designates an arm pivot'ally supported at 54, and connected by means of a link 55 to the arm.52. A constantly rotating crank 56, secured to the power shaft 10, is connected to the link 55 by means of a. pitman 57.

In transferring the bottles from the runway A to the table B, the angular fingers E move from the position shown by full lines in Fig. III to the position shown by dotted lines, and during this movement-each bottle is lifted from the runway, placed in an upright position and then deposited on the table B. Thereafter, the upright bottles are pushed along the table by means of the push members 46. For a brief interval of time the upright bottles are supported partly by the abutment members 45 and partly by the table B. The abutment members 45 then move downwardly away from the bottoms of the bottles; and at this time the push members 46 move the bottles along the table 7 to points beyond the, path of the abutment members 45. The transferring device then returns to the position shown by full lines in Fig. TIL One of the objects in pushing the when the latter return to their starting position. Another object is tomove the bottles away from the points where they are primarily deposited on the table, so that the next succeeding row of bottles may be readily transferred from the abutment members 45 to the table, without tilting any of the upright" bottles. All of the bottles resting upon the table are advanced during each transferring operation, the bottles passing from the transferring device being pushed along the'table so as to impart a corresponding movement to the other bottles.

claim x 1. Abottle transferring device comprising a tiltable bottle holder having an abutment member adapted to engage the bottom of a bottle and a push member adapted to engage a side of the bottle, a bottle support adapted to receive the bottles passing from said tiltable bottle holder, and means for rocking said bottle holder, said abutment member'being constructed and arranged to move upwardly and downwardly in the same path,

Said bottlesupport being located in a plane between the upper and lower positions of said abutment member so as to receive the bottle in an upright position while the abutment member is moving downwardly, and said push member being constructed and arranged to push the bottle out of the path of said abutment member before the latter returns to its elevated position. v 2. .An apparatus comprising a bottle support, a runway, and a bottle transferring device for moving bottles from said runway to said bottle support, said bottle transferring device comprising 'a tiltable bottle holder having an abutment member adapted to' engage the bottom of a bottle and a push member adapted to engage a side of the bot tle, the outer end of said abutment member being .in a higher plane than the top of said bottle support when the bottle holder is positioned to receive abottle, and means for turning said bottle holder so as to move the outer end of said abutment member downwardly in an arcuate path to a lower plane than the top of said bottle support, said bottle sup port being located adjacent to the arcuate path of said abutment member, so as to report, and said push member being constructed and arranged to push the bottle along said bottle support while the abutment 3. An apparatus comprising a bottle support, a tiltable bottle holder adjacent to said bottle support, said tiltable bottle holder having an abutment member adapted to engage thebottom of the bottle and a push member adapted to engage a side of the bottle, and means for operating said bottle holder to deposit the bottle on said bottle support in an upright position, said abutment member being movable away from the upright bottle after the latter has been deposited on said bottle support and said push member being adapted to push the upright bottlealong the bottle support, said abutment member andpush member being rigidly fixed together so that the push member will push the upright bottle along the table while the abutment member is moving away from the bottoni of said upright bottle.

4. An apparatus comprising a bottle support, a tiltable bottle holder having an abutv latter has been deposited on said bottle sup- 7 member is moving downwardly from thebottom of the bottle.

ment finger adapted tg engage. the bottom of a bottle and a push'finger adapted to engage a sideof the bottle, said bottle holder being movable to deposit the bottle on said bottle support in an upright position, said abutment finger being movable away from the bottom of the bottle when the latter 1s resting upon said bottle support and said push finger being adapted 'to push the bottle along said support, said fingers being fixed together so that the abutment finger will move awayfrom the bottom of the upright bottle while the push finger is pushing the bottle along the bottle support. 7

J OSEPH-W. DAWSON. 

